Bottle-stopper



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BOTTLE: STOPPER.

No 280,784. Patented July 10, 1883@ it; M %/mz WITNESSES: V [NVEN T OR g8 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES H. BENNETT, OF OHELTEN HAM TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

PENNSYLVANIA. r

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.'280,'784, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed March 24, I883. (NoiuodcL) I To all whom zit-may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H.BENNETT,Of Cheltenham township, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation of a head and neck of a bottle with my improved stopper. Fig. 2 is a detail section through the cork. Fig. 3 is a detail plan. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspectives.

My invention has relation to bottle-stop pers, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive stopper which is easily and readily manipulated to effect the corking and unoorking of the bottle.

My invention accordingly .consists of the novel combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a cork or other suitable stopper, having a central opening, through which is forced a wire, 0; The latter is doubled upon itself, and has bent ends 0 c, which rest upon the bottom of the cork, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. The ends 0' are turned up. and made to enter the cork, as illustrated in said figure When the wire is inserted into and through the cork, a washer, B, is placed upon the top of the cork, the end of wire 0 represented by dotted lines so passing through the elongated opening I) of said washer. Said end as is then spread apart to form an I eye, 0, which operation compresses the washer B and ends 0 0' into the cork, and said parts are firmly held together, as represented in said figure.

D indicates the yoke having upper crossbar, 01, upon which the stopple or cork A is suspended. Said yoke has a cross-bar, d, and is shaped to fit across the top and down the opposite sides of the head and neck of the bottle. It is also formed with double knee-bends d d set opposite to and parallel with each other, as plainly shown in Fig. 5. They are at such distance from the top (I of the yoke that when it is placed over the head of the bottle they will be located below the junction of the head and neck, as shown in Fig. 1. The arms (1 d of the yoke are made longer than the length of the cork and terminate in shoulder bends d (1 I E represents the neck-band having opposite loops or eyes, e 6, preferably made elongated to admit the passage therethrough, and the working up and down therein of the kneebends dd and arms d d of the yoke D, the latter being retained in said loops by the shoulder-bends d d. The cork A is placed upon the yoke D by slipping one of the arms d of the latter through the eye 0 of wire 0 and then working said eye over one of the knee-bends d to the cross-bar d. The arms of the yoke are then passed through the eyes or loop 6 c of neck band E, as represented by dotted lines .1 1, Fig. 1, the =shoulder-bends (1 being formed on the arms (I after the yoke is connected to the necleband, whereby the former is prevented from disconnecting itself from the neck-band.

In adjusting the stopple to the bottle the yoke is pushed up through the loops 0 6 until the shoulders d d impinge on the under sides of said loops. The neck-band is then drawn around the bottle by lapping or twisting the ends thereof. The yoke A is then in an elevated position, and the cork Ais suspended over the mouth of the bottle. By exerting a perpendicular pressure upon the top of the yoke D, it is pushed downwardly through the loops 0 e, and the cork enters the bottle-mouth. When the double knee-bends d (1 pass below said loops they move laterally and engage or lock themselves with said loops, as plainly shown in full lines, Fig. 1, to firmly secure the cork or stopple in position. To release the stopple or'cork a lateral pressure is exerted against the arms (1 (1, thereby effecting a disengagement of the bends d d and loops 6 e, whereupon the pressure of the gas in the liquid within the bottle raises or forces the cork out of the bottle, as indicated by dotted lines 2 2, Fig. 1; or said arms (I? may be manually raised to elevate the cork from the bottle- 'ections d and crossbar d and a neck-band 7 7 i month. The arms (1' (1", being longer than the cork, permits of such elevation of the latter, while the elongated loops 0 0 allow the arms 11 to be moved at an angle to push the cork to one side of the bottle-mouth.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A bottle-stopper fastener'composed of a vertically-sliding yoke having parallel sides (1 d, with double knee-bends d d, lateral pro- E, having elongated and horizontally-located loops or eyes 0 1, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle-stopper fastener composed of a yoke, D, having parallel sides d cl, double knee-bends (l d, and cross-bar d, carrying a cork or stopple, and a neck-band, E, having elongated and horizontally-located loops or eyes 0 0, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a cork or stopple, I

hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 35 of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. BENNET 7T. Witnesses:

ALLEN H. GANGEWER, GEORGE \V. LELTZER. 

